Bossa nova was suddenly in Vogue in 1962. This was Mercury’s musical director Quincy Jones’ contribution to the genre for which he assembled a star-studded band including Clark Terry, Phil Woods, Paul Gonsalves, Roland Kirk, Lalo Schifrin and Jim Hall

Coupled with the 1961 Impulse! album The Quintessence – a classic example of the modern, progressive big band sound

Four bonus tracks (including one which has never appeared on CD before).